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Originally Posted by Faterson
I wouldn't say so. Objectively speaking, human eyes (anyone's eyes) are always strained more when reading small print than when reading large print.
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Reading small print close to the eye,
with eyes like mine and without correction, is no more strain than reading larger print further away from my eyes with corrective lenses. I won't speak for anyone else.
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Originally Posted by Faterson
You know: the less you keep (perhaps unconsciously) overtaxing your eyesight, the longer it may serve you well. Your eyes aren't like car tires -- you can't simply swap them for new ones.
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Cheers for the advice, but I'm quite well medically trained thanks. Currently my eyes are improving at the rate of 0.5 diopters per year. I'm pretty happy with that, except for the rather massive expense of buying new high-refractive glasses each year. If they were improving any faster, I don't know that I'd be able to keep up.
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Originally Posted by Faterson
Given all the reasons above, I would recommend any heavy reader of e-books to go for a larger screen (and larger font sizes) whenever possible (without this interfering with a device's portability),
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Again, I know you're well-meaning, but larger devices mean that I can no longer handle them painlessly (or, sometimes, at all). My eyes may be terrific; my joints less so. I'm looking forward to ditching the old iPad and expect to read a lot more graphic novels on the new retina Mini.